The Alarm Clock (Ram Balsan, Sderot)
Av A. Adler • 2009-03-17 • Kategoriserat under: Allmänt, Intressant just nu, IsraelDawn has come, and with it,
the security alarm ‘rings’ with its timely precision.
Its ring is very strange: a calm vibration followed
by a loud boom.
The cabinet extends its finger to this clock,
Trying to hit the stop button.
But the alarm wont stop.
It is thrown and destroyed,
But the ringing continues.
And in those seconds, I hear one of my parents call,
“Hurry up! We’re having a family meeting!”
I reply with a beating heart, and the meeting does not happen.
Some families never meet anyway;
They just remain lying down.
The summer sun has almost risen.
I manage to hear the ‘thunder’ again,
But nobody can find any lightening in the sky.
Most of us have become used to this,
As if the rockets were merely natural phenomena.
As if we had many odd weather events recently.
When I think about it, I wonder:
Could it be mechanical? Digital? Maybe both combined?
Surely it could not be human.
It would be interesting to know he feels, he looks mathematical to me.
He fantasizes about 72, While I dream about 18.
Like always, he manages to wake me up.
He is a good alarm-clock.
He will surely wake up the whole town, even the strongest sleepers.
I will not return to sleep, having nothing left to dream about.
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1. A.Adler
St Patrick’s Day…
ah, kanske man skulle ha en shamlock på sig idag då
4. A.Adler
Nja, shamrock går fint! :-))
haha, shamrock..var det ja…ska fixa en till nästa år.
Hoppas ni hade grönt på er så ingen kom och nöp er! Jag köpte i alla fall en krukväxt – variegerad oxalis – som shamrock för St. Patrick’s Day för $2.99 på Trader Joe’s. Fick hjälpa barnbarnen hitta gröna skjortor till skolan så dom inte blev “pinched” hela dan. :)